Junk food and the school canteen

While donuts, chocolates and soft drinks are supposed to be off the menu in school canteens, many sugary foods and drinks are not. And a lack of regulation allows food manufactures to put ‘school canteen approved’ logos on junk food destined for children’s lunch boxes.

Given one in four Australian kids are overweight, and with a clear link established between obesity and added sugar, is it time to update the menu at the school tuckshop?